- Date
- August 31, 1969
- Place
- Mullins, TX · MULLINS, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6655XCessna 210
- Status
- Completed · report May 4, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 155767
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3864 69/8/31 MULLINS,TEX CESSNA 210 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 238 TIME - 1000 N6655X PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 34 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP FT WORTH,TEX BROWNSWOOD,TEX MULLINS,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- NOSE WHEEL BROKE THRU THIN CRUST,SHEARED.ACFT NOSED OVER ON ITS BACK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6655X
- Reported as
- Cessna 210
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N6655XRegistration cancelled Apr 30, 2013 · Cessna 210AAirframe modelCessna 210AEngine modelContinental I0-470 series
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Other investigations on N6655X · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ERA11FA038Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportAiken, SCThe pilot's inadequate weather planning and improper decision to continue a visual flight rules flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in a loss of control due to spatial disorientation. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s…NTSB MIA68D0219Accident · No injuriesClosedBelle Glade, FL